The Not-to-do List
The purpose of this list is to know the tasks the are not important and are not worthwhile. There are a lot of things worthy of your time and getting rid of those unnecessary tasks will give you more time to complete more important tasks.
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Create 3 different to-do lists:
- Important but non-time sensitive projects list
- Items that need to be completed today list
- Not-to-do list
- Reevaluate your to-do list: Identify the goals and determine how the items in your list impact your aims.
- Create your not to-do list: Cut those unimportant tasks in your to-do list and paste it on your no to-do list. By doing this, you must accept that your time is limited and commit on letting them go.
- Evaluate new tasks: From then on, once a new assignment arrives, evaluate its importance and the effects of it with your goals.
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- Deep attention means putting our focus on one task for a long period of time and putting aside other external interruptions.
- Hyper attention is turning our focus swiftly between different tasks, opting for diverse information streams, and looking for a constant high-level of stimulation.
Sometimes it seems daunting to start a project because of its scale, which is why it’s important to break tasks down into small chunks.
Subdividing tasks allows you to keep progressing by switching tasks when you get stuck but have deadlines to meet or taking a break isn’t an option. It also allows you to circumvent boredom as you won’t get stuck in the same task.
We like to put the easy tasks on top of the to-do list because it feels good to finish a task.
When you do that, you have less time for hard things. However, it is the hard stuff that serves your priorities.